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of qazi mandi and neighbouring colonies up in arms
Jalandhar, October 28
Over 250 residents of Qazi Mandi and neighbouring colonies, where the Jalandhar Improvement Trust has initiated the process of acquiring land for a proposed 94.4 acre scheme, lodged their protest with the Deputy Commissioner, Priyank Bharti, here today.

Young generation can bring change, says Manpreet
Phagwara, October 28
Former finance minister, Punjab, Manpreet Singh Badal today said the young generation of a nation, growing at a growth rate of 8-9 per cent, could bring a revolutionary change in the society to attain overall development for each
section of the society.

Furniture mall opens
Jalandhar
: In an effort to fulfil the gradually increasing demand for international furniture in this NRI-dominated area, a Phagwara-based trader has come with Saffrino Furniture Mall at Paragpur village on the GT Road. The mall has furniture imported from Italy, Russia, Malaysia, Turkey and the USA. One can find a complete range of furniture - ethnic, antique and modern.

Sikh mission to meet Rahul on corridor issue
Jalandhar, October 28
The representatives of the United Sikh Mission (USM) will meet Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi tomorrow in connection with their demand of construction of an open corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in India to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan to facilitate Sikh pilgrims to pay obeisance at the holy place.

Axis Bank opens branch at Bhogpur
Jalandhar, October 28
Axis Bank today opens a new branch at Bhogpur under their new Rural Banking Initiative.President of the Axis
Bank-Agri Business and Rural Banking, S.K. Mitra, inaugurated it. The launch of the Bhogpur branch is part of Axis Bank’s initiative of extending its footprint in Tier III, IV and V centres with a population of around 10,000 to 50,000.

Bravo India!
The Commonwealth Games are over but India has managed to capture the hearts and souls of millions of people around the globe with an impeccable performance.The immaculate magnetism that India has exuded during the games has girdled the whole world within its wrap. There is no doubt that India has been able to register her presence on the global sky with great perfection.

14 DAVIET students bag placements with Era Group
Jalandhar, October 28
As many as 14 final year students of BTech of the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology bagged placements with the Era Group, with a starting salary of Rs 3.50 lakh per annum.

Jalandhar, October 28
Over 250 residents of Qazi Mandi and neighbouring colonies, where the Jalandhar Improvement Trust has initiated the process of acquiring land for a proposed 94.4 acre scheme, lodged their protest with the Deputy Commissioner, Priyank Bharti, here today.

(Left) Residents of Qazi Mandi and other colonies lodge a protest and submit a memorandum to Deputy Commissioner Priyank Bharti demanding scrapping of the proposed 94.4 acre scheme of the Improvement Trust in Jalandhar on Wednesday. Tribune photos: Malkiat Singh

Residents of Qazi Mandi, Santoshi Nagar, Bashirpura, New Gandhi Nagar, Amrik Nagar and Peer Baba Mutt Shah said they had called for intervention of the Deputy Commissioner in getting the proposal cancelled. They said the Deputy Commissioner assured them that the land currently occupied by over 2,000 families would not be acquired forcibly.

Arjun Singh, a resident of Peer Baba Mutt Shah, said around 250 families of his area were sustaining on growing vegetables and fruits in their small land holdings, harvesting them daily and selling the product in the market.

“In case we are evicted from this land, we will not just lose our shelter, which is within the farm, but also our means of livelihood. We are being told that we would be compensated by being allotted a shop, but I am sure that such promises would be kept,” he added.

Ashwani, a resident of New Gandhi Nagar, said over 400 families in his colony had been putting up since the past over 40 years. “We have been paying up water and power bills but we of course do not have our houses registered in our names. Our representatives have met the officials of the trust several times after we were asked for objections. We are just keeping our fingers crossed,” he said.

Phagwara, October 28
Former finance minister, Punjab, Manpreet Singh Badal today said the young generation of a nation, growing at a growth rate of 8-9 per cent, could bring a revolutionary change in the society to attain overall development for each
section of the society.

Addressing a day-long national seminar - Samkaleen Hindi Sahitya mein Punjab ke Sahitya ki Bhoomika - organised by the Hindi Department of Kamla Nehru College for Women, Phagwara, in collaboration with the UGC, Manpreet Badal, motivated students to take up cudgels against bribery, illiteracy, poverty and unemployment, which hamper the progress of India.

He encouraged young students to dedicate their lives to the
nation.

Manpreet Singh Badal and Jagbir Singh Brar, MLA, Jalandhar Cantonment were the chief guests on the occasion, while Dr Vinod Babbar, Editor, Rashtar Kinkar, was the guest of honour.

Highlighting the position of the Hindi language at the international level, Dr Bedi pointed out that every third person in the world is proficient in this language, which is fast becoming the preferred medium of communication in trade and commerce.

He said even US had planned for the development of Hindi in its budget.

Enlightening the audience about the importance and contributions of writers of Punjab to Hindi literature in all ages, Dr Babbar averred that contemporary Hindi literature owed a great deal to Hindi writers from Punjab.

Phagwara, October 28
“The rural folk of Punjab is drifting away from culture sports day by day and a large number of rural youths are indulging in the drug menace, for which the Punjabi community should be deeply concerned. Efforts would have to be made to encourage and inspire rural youth into culture sports.

Initiatives should be taken to organise seminars against drug menace and in favour of culture sports throughout the state”, said Dr Davinder Singh Chhina, director of the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council - the international folk ensemble, while talking to The Tribune in the town, on Wednesday evening. International folk artists and students, who had represented by the state of Punjab under the banner of Punjab Cultural Promotion Council, in one of the biggest world folk festivals at South Korea recently, were also honoured by PCPC director, Davinder Singh Chhina and PCPC team international, here on Wednesday evening. Among those honoured on the occasion were Verleen Kaur, Krishan Kumar Jassa, Talwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh - gatka artist, Jaspreet Singh Bablu, Nitish Kumar and others.

International sufi singer, Dev Dildar and his talented son Chetan Dildar regaled the audience with traditional folk singing. Dev Dildar congratulated the PCPC Team International for its worldwide efforts in the propagation of rich folk traditions of the state in record 86 world folk festivals.

Chhina announced that an 11 member European delegation would visit and explore the heritage of Punjab in the first week of November on the invitation of Punjab Cultural Promotion Council. “The European delegation would visit the Golden Temple, Amritsar, apart from participating in the 3rd Punjab Multicultural Festival at Ludhiana and Khalsa College International Folk Festival, Amritsar, in the first week of November,” said Dr Chhina, while talking to the media.

Prominent personalities, who have brought laurels to Punjab in the field of education, culture, and sports, would be honoured with VIRASAT AWARDS 2010 in these international events.

PCPC also launched its website www.punjabcpc.org and asked the talented youth of Punjab to join the Punjab Cultural Promotion Council on Facebook too.

Kapurthala, October 28
A high-level delegation from Czech Republic, headed by Deputy Minister of Transport Ivo Vykydal, along with Ambassador of the Czech Republic in India Miloslav Stasek, accompanied with a high-level Czech business delegation of Railway Industry, visited Rail Coach Factory (RCF) here yesterday.

The objective of the visit was to see infrastructure and manufacturing facilities of the RCF as Czech Republic is exploring business avenues in India and is interested in supply of various systems/sub-systems for railways.

The delegation was apprised of the modern infrastructure of the RCF. They were taken for a round of the workshop and were shown stainless steel coach-manufacturing process. A presentation was also made regarding development and manufacture of various types of coaches at the RCF.

They were impressed with the facilities available at the RCF. The recently manufactured double-decker rake was appreciated by all of them.

Speaking on the occasion, Ivo Vykydal said Czech Republic was interested in developing relations with India and interested in exporting various assemblies for railway coaches used by the Indian Railways. He said the beginning of this friendship would last for long.

The RCF GM, Pradeep Kumar, said, “RCF is a modern production unit of the Indian Railways and it has enough experience to design and manufacture coaches as per the users’ requirements. However, Czech companies can participate in our global tenders and share their expertise in the upcoming technologies for the mutual benefit of both the countries.”

Shooters, who won medals at the district-level championship, were honoured at a function in Jalandhar. Tribune photo: Malkiat Singh

Phagwara, October 28
The dharna being held by the lecturers of Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, in front of the principal office entered the fourth day on Wednesday.

The dharna is being staged to pursue the long-pending demand of lecturers to implement UGC pay scales that has been notified by the state government with effect from August 1, 2009. The Vice-Chancellor of the Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, also endorsed the notification letter of the state government in the month of February 2010.

In the press-note issued here today, the lecturers said the government had also increased the budget provision for the 95 per cent grant-in-aid scheme, for the implementation of new UGC pay scales.

All the members of the PCCTU college unit, including Prof Nanak Singh Mahal, Dr Bimlesh Birdie, Prof Baljit Kaur, Prof Neeru Sharma, Prof Yogesh Sharma, Dr Mona Vij and Prof RBS Aulakh, sat on a dharna in their respective vacant periods. The VC, GND University and the DPI were also requested to intervene, so that the management of the college may be requested to do the needful.

Jalandhar: In an effort to fulfil the gradually increasing demand for international furniture in this NRI-dominated area, a Phagwara-based trader has come with Saffrino Furniture Mall at Paragpur village on the GT Road. The mall has furniture imported from Italy, Russia, Malaysia, Turkey and the USA. One can find a complete range of furniture - ethnic, antique and modern.

Manmohan Singh and Ashok Kumar, Managing Directors of Saffrino, claimed that the mall would cater to the demands of Indian and international customers, especially NRIs. —
TNS

Jalandhar, October 28
The representatives of the United Sikh Mission (USM) will meet Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi tomorrow in connection with their demand of construction of an open corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in India to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan to facilitate Sikh pilgrims to pay obeisance at the holy place.

President of the USM Rachpal Singh Dhindsa said Rahul Gandhi had decided to meet their representatives following a Bill passed in the Punjab Assembly in which it was asked from the Union Government to pursue the issue of constructing the corridor with Pakistan.

Veteran Akali leader and president of the Kartarpur Sahib Darshan Abhilashi Sanstha Kuldeep Singh Wadala has been spearheading a movement for the construction of the corridor on the border from Dera Baba Nanak in India to Kartarpur Sahib Gurdwara in Pakistan since 2001. He along with Sikh sangat held the first “ardas” (prayer) on Baisakhi nine years back at Dera Baba Nanak Gurdwara for the construction of the corridor. Since then, it has been continuously organising “ardas” at Dera Baba Nanak every month on “Amavasya”.

Jalandhar, October 28
Axis Bank today opens a new branch at Bhogpur under their new Rural Banking Initiative.President of the Axis Bank-Agri Business and Rural Banking, S.K. Mitra, inaugurated it. The launch of the Bhogpur branch is part of Axis Bank’s initiative of extending its footprint in Tier III, IV and V centres with a population of around 10,000 to 50,000.

“The bank is aiming at achieving the twin objectives of tapping semi-urban and rural potential as well as bringing technology-driven banking services to the hinterland,” he added.

The Commonwealth Games are over but India has managed to capture the hearts and souls of millions of people around the globe with an impeccable performance.The immaculate magnetism that India has exuded during the games has girdled the whole world within its wrap. There is no doubt that India has been able to register her presence on the global sky with great perfection.

After much hue and cry along with the lampoon of sarcastic arrows, we have withstood the mighty opposition from within and outside the country. We have really been able to stamp our impression in the annals of international sports events.

A country, where Sachin Tendulkar is a ‘god’ and millions of Indians his devotees, a nation which is ever ready to transform any budding cricket star into a celestial being, in such milieu, the attention earned by these Commonwealth sportspersons is no less than a miracle.

Players like Gagan Narang, Abhinav Bindra, Sushil Kumar, Geeta, Babita and Saina Nehwal have made their presence felt in their respective fields with perfect élan. The thrilling performance of women wrestlers has created a wild frenzy among the viewers which was never experienced earlier.

The scintillating victory of girls in athletics, archery, weightlifting and other games has demolished this myth that Indian girls can not excel in these tough games meant for men- world.

The duo of wrestler sisters Geeta and Babita have changed the people’s perspective forever that wrestling is no longer a taboo for Indian girls. Given a chance they can rock the world with their fantabulous feat. Their success is notice worthy because of this reason also that they are from a state where female
foeticide is a major problem. They have managed to cross the adamantine wall of male chauvinism by stepping into a very different genre meant for males.

Now, it is ripe time for the common people to shed their inhibitions regarding other games except cricket, particularly, after this biggest ever extravaganza. Indian youth has never earlier felt the raving madness of victory. These games have created an unprecedented interest among the youngsters for their new sportspersons.

It is good that the government has applauded them for their efforts. These shining stars deserve to be signed for big endorsements like any other luminary. After all, they have brought us laurels by winning 101 medals along with second position.

Jalandhar, October 28
As many as 14 final year students of BTech of the DAV Institute of Engineering and Technology bagged placements with the Era Group, with a starting salary of Rs 3.50 lakh per annum.

The selected students would join the Era Group after the completion of their degree in the month of June 2011.

Regional Director of Engineering Colleges, Professor CL Kochher congratulated the students and said many leading companies would be visiting the campus for placements in the days to come. Principal of DAVIET, Dr AS Arora congratulated the students on their achievement.

Sanskrit workshop

The post graduate department of computer science and Sanskrit of the local Kanya Maha Vidyalaya organised a three-day workshop on computational Sanskrit from October 27 to 29.

Dr Girishnath Jha from Jawahar Lal Nehru, Delhi, special center for Sanskrit studies, was the chief guest on this occasion. He elaborated on the use of Sanskrit from the point of computer and its scientific nature. The speaker asserted that Sanskrit has been found the most scientific and useful for computer. As a result, there are maximum possibilities of working in the field of multimedia, animation and much more.

While Professor Dalbir Singh, the chairperson for the occasion, from the department of Sanskrit of GNDU, Amritsar, appreciated the experimentation and research work being done by the experts in this language with the help of computer.

HMV-Senate member

Kamaljeet Kaur a student of M.A (Music Vocal)-I of the local Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya got selected in the senate of the Guru Nanak Dev University for the term 2010-12. Principal of the college, Dr Rekha Kalia Bhardwaj said Kamaljeet did her graduation from HMV and secured first position in the varsity in all the three-years of graduation.

Chef competition

The School of Hospitality of Lovely Professional University organised a chef competition. The competition was divided into two chef categories, senior and junior. Fifteen students participated in the competition. Students used their technical skills to prepare three-course menus.

Mandeep Singh of BHMCT and Rahul from BSc Hotel management first year were declared winners in senior and junior categories, respectively. Sania from MSc Nutrition and Dietetics and Jaspreet Singh from BHMCT second year were declared runners-up. Closing of the event came out with a small video presentation by chefs Varinder Singh Rana and Karan Berry.